Density, survival and dispersal of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a West African Sudan savanna village

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-219

  Costantini, Carlo ^a,e   Li, Song Gang ^b,c   Della Torre, Alessandra ^a   Sagnon, N'Falé ^d   Coluzzi, Mario ^a   Taylor, Charles E ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ctr Natl Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An.arabiensis; An.funestus; An.gambiae; Burkina Faso; computer simulation; Culicidae; dispersion; mark release recapture; populat ion size; Sudan savanna vegetation belt; survival dispersal; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

DISPERSAL; MARK-RELEASE-RECAPTURE; MOSQUITO; POPULATION SIZE; SURVIVAL;

BURKINA FASO, NOUNGOU;

EID: 0030183104     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00733.x     Document Type: Article

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